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Bridge of Books Foundation began its journey in 2003 with the simple belief that all children should have books to call their own. That first year, Executive Director Abby Daly opened her own home as the first Bridge of Books location. Her home quickly filled...

We are so grateful to have been chosen as the 2017-18 beneficiary of the NJ DECA Statewide Community Service Project. Through tremendous hard work, dedication and creativity, student members of the following NJ DECA High School Chapters raised nearly $35,000 to support our mission...

As you may know, I recently had the honor of speaking at the 2017-18 NJ DECA State Conference in Atlantic City. The DECA State Officershad chosen Bridge of Books as their Statewide Community Project. Throughout last fall, High School DECA Clubs hosted a variety of...

Late last year, Tim Belmont reached out to say that he had decided to do a fundraiser to support Bridge of Books by selling t-shirts through his website, "Why We Read." Of course, we were thrilled and used the funds raised to purchase some very...

On April 26, I had the opportunity to travel to Atlantic City to attend this year's NJ State Library conference. Bridge of Books was recognized for partnering with the Long Branch Free Public Library and 5 Long Branch barbershops to launch the Fade to Books literacy...

One of our first IMPACT blogs highlighted a Mom's perspective on her involvement with us and our mission. This month, we'd like to share another piece of our story - a teen's perspective on his ability to help close the gap in access to books...

We had such a huge response to our last IMPACT blog that we are going to follow up with another one. This one comes from an ESL teacher in Middlesex County. Below, she explains the IMPACT of being able to provide books to all of the...